Figure wheeled toy



Nov. 15, 1927.

P. c. FUHLRODT FIGURE WHEELED TOY Filed Feb. '7, 1927 Inventor C HZZTOJZ 1 mmgy Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

y PERCY G. FUHLRODT, OF FREMONT, NEBRASKA.

FIGURE WHEELED TOY.

Application filed February 7, 1927. Serial No. 166,451.

My present invention pertains to toys, and has for its object the provision of a toy, of simple and inexpensive construction, so characterized that when it is moved over a surface, the figure body of the toy will be caused to waddle in close simulation of a duck walking about.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the in vention consists in the improvement as here- 0 inafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a side elevation of the preferred embodiment of my invention; the point at which the transverse shaft passes through the figure body being shown by dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a front end elevation of the to imilar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawing.

The embodiment illustrated of my invention has been reduced to practice and successfully operated.

The said embodiment comprises a. body 1 which in outline simulates a duck. The said body 1 for the sake of cheapness is of even thickness throughout, and is provided, by preference, with an opening 2 for the connection of a draft string- 3, and is also proprovided with a transverse opening shown by dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2, and designed for the passage of the shaft 5 of the improvement.

The opening 4 is larger than the cross section of the shaft 5 in about the proportion illustrated, so as to enable the body 1 to sway laterally from side to side in order to more closely conform to the movements of a duck while walking about.

On its forward portion the body 1 is provided with a runner 6 which is fixed to the body.

Appropriately fixed to the ends of the shaft 5 and disposed as shown or approximately so, relative to the shaft 5 are eccentric wheels 6 so denominated because the shaft is arranged as shown in Figure 2 off the centers of the wheels.

Also appropriately fixed on the shaft 5 are members 7 for limiting the swinging movements of the body 1 in opposite directions.

The opposed faces of the limiting members 7 are arranged in parallelism and closely adjacent to the opposite sides of the body 1 as clearly brought out in Figure 2.

In the practical use of my novel toy, the toy is drawn across a floor or other surface, whereupon due to the rotation of the wheels 6 and the shaft 5, the body 1 will be caused to sway laterally and in that way will closely simulate the waddling of a duck. Incident to the said lateral swaying of the body 1, first in one direction and then in the other, the members 7 will limit the sidewise or swinging movements of the body 1, and in that way will contribute materially to the close simulation of a ducks movements.

The body 1 as well as the wheels 6 and the limiting members 7 of my improvement are susceptible of being struck or otherwise formed of wood, and from this it follows that when it is deemed expedient to form the said elements of wood, the device may be produced at very low cost.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that notwithstanding the simplicity and inexpensiveness of my novel toy, the toy is calculated to afford a great deal of amusement to children, and when properly made, the toy is well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which toys are ordinarily subjected.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction and relative arrangement as disclosed, my invention being defined by my appended claim within the scope of which modifications may be made wthout departure from my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is A toy comprising a plate-like body shaped in simulation of a duck, and having in its lower rear portion a transverse aperture, a straight shaft extending through and turnable in the said transverse aperture of the body, limiting members fixed on and surrounding the shaft at opposite sides of the body; the inner faces of the said members being arranged in parallelism, and the said faces being separated by an intervening the shaft, the high points, of the Wheels being reversely disposed in relation to each other,

whereby on movement of the toy and rotation of the Wheels, the body Will be caused to sway laterally from side to side in simula- 10 tion of the Werlclling movements of e duck.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PERCY o. FUI-ILRODT. 

